History records that Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia, met his death — along with the Empress Alexandra and their five children — at the hands of a Bolshevik firing squad during the ...

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife Alexandra, and their five children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei were brutally murdered at Ipatiev House, on Tuesday, July 16, 1918.

Tsar Nicholas II Romanov of Russia, Empress Alexandra with their children: Maria, Tatiana, Olga, Anastasia and Alexei, circa 1912.

The downfall of Czar Nicholas II and his family (and consequently, the downfall of the Russian Empire) has been subject of great fascination for years — hence the creation of such works as the ...

Rasputin is the enigma, the mysterious element in the tragic tale of Russia’s last czar, Nicholas II, and his beloved wife, Alexandra.

Proposals to make saints of Czar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra and the children--Alexei, Olga, Tatiana, Marie and Anastasia--had been a controversial issue both within and outside the church.

Entombment of the relics of Czar Nicholas, Czarina Alexandra, and Grand Princess Olga, Tatiana, and Anastasia was held in the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul in St. Petersburg in 1998.

This first episode reveals the obstacles Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra overcame during what was a rather unconventional start to their Royal relationship. But having survived the ...

Ending a decades-long debate, the Russian Orthodox Church on Monday canonized Russia's last czar, Nicholas II, saying the ruler died as a martyr to his faith when he was executed 82 years ago.

That’s notwithstanding the fact that it’s mainly concerned with Czar Nicholas II (portrayed by Robert Jack) and his czarina, Alexandra (Susanna Herbert), and all five of their children, who ...

Tsar Nicholas II, his wife and five children were canonized as saints by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000 for "putting moral ideas above their crown." Americans may be perplexed by this because ...

ST. PETERSBURG, September 23. /TASS/. A group of investigators exhumed the remains of the last Russian emperor, Nicholas II, and his wife Alexandra from the tombs in the St Peter and Paul’s ...